# Suggested late '30s/early '40s flicks set against the coming of WWII? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-late-30s-early-40s-flicks-set-against-the-coming-of-wwii/219365 "2003-12-16T18:41:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-late-30s-early-40s-flicks-set-against-the-coming-of-wwii/219365/21 "2003-12-18T20:40:20Z")
Moody Bastard, thanks for filling in some of the details on **The Mortal Storm**. Aside from the part of the story I mentioned, the only other things I remembered about the movie was the climax that had Stewart and Margaret Sullivan trying to escape into Austria (or was it Switzerland?) and the jarring sight of seeing a pre-_Father Knows Best_/ _Marcus Welby_ Robert Young playing a cold-blooded Nazi SOB. Also, there was a typo in my previous entry. My sentence should say, “BTW, this obviously does _not_ apply to movies made after America entered the war in December 1941.” Movies made after then often fell just a little bit short of depicting Nazis and Japane with horns and cloven hooves. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-late-30s-early-40s-flicks-set-against-the-coming-of-wwii/219365/22 "2003-12-18T20:40:31Z")
Moody Bastard, thanks for filling in some of the details on **The Mortal Storm**. Aside from the part of the story I mentioned, the only other things I remembered about the movie was the climax that had Stewart and Margaret Sullivan trying to escape into Austria (or was it Switzerland?) and the jarring sight of seeing a pre-_Father Knows Best_/ _Marcus Welby_ Robert Young playing a cold-blooded Nazi SOB. Also, there was a typo in my previous entry. My sentence should say, “BTW, this obviously does _not_ apply to movies made after America entered the war in December 1941.” Movies made after then often fell just a little bit short of depicting Nazis and Japanese with horns and cloven hooves. ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-late-30s-early-40s-flicks-set-against-the-coming-of-wwii/219365/23 "2003-12-18T21:54:20Z")
**NDP** - I remember a Mad magazine, what would you call them, “features”( ?) that satirized the same differences in pre- and post-war depictions of the Japanese as you pointed out. Funny stuff. **Ranchoth,** that was _Manhunt,_ Fritz Lang. I read the novel it was based on, _Rogue Male,_ which was also terrific. > **[AllMovie | Movies and Films Database | Movie Search, Ratings, Photos,...](https://www.allmovie.com/)** > > AllMovie provides comprehensive movie info including reviews, ratings and biographies. Get recommendations for new movies to watch, rent, stream, or own. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-late-30s-early-40s-flicks-set-against-the-coming-of-wwii/219365/24 "2003-12-18T23:27:22Z")
Behind the Rising Sun (1943) Japanese man (J. Carrol Naish) urges his Americanized son to become involved in Sino-Japanese war during 1930s. Flying Tigers (1942) John Wayne and freinds fight in China vs. Japan before 12/07/41 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-late-30s-early-40s-flicks-set-against-the-coming-of-wwii/219365.md?page=1)